WEBVTT MEGAN: A FRANTIC 911 CALL FRINSIDE THIS BELEN HOME THEMORNING OF DECEMBER 31. >> OK YOU SAID SHE'S NOTBREATHING?>> NO.NOT BREATHING, NOT MOVING,NOTHING. MEGA TEMPORARY FOSTER MOMSTEPHANIE CROWNOVER CALLINGABOUT ARIZA BARRERAS, THE11-MONTH-OLD SHE'S CARING FOR.>> OH BABY.NOOH GOD. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?>> JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH OK, IHAVE THEM ON THE WAY.MEGAN: BUT PARAMEDICS COULDN'TSAVE ARIZA.CROWNOVER NOW CHARGED WITH CHILDABUSE.DEPUTIES SAY HER HOME WAS COAND FILTHY, CONDITIONS THATMIGHT'VE MADE THINGS DEADLY FORTHE BABY, WHO WAS ALREADYSUFFERING FROM A RESPIRATORYINFECTION.TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN, YOUTH,AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT CONFIRMSIT'S INVESTIGATING POSSIBLEMISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBESAVE THIS GIRL'S LIFEFOR EXAMPLE, THURSDAY, DECEMBE28.COURT DOCUMENTS SAY ARIZA'SPERMANENT FOSTER MOM DROPS OFFARIZA AND HER SIBLINGS ATCROWNOVER'S BECAUSE SHE'SLEAVING TOWN FOR A FEW DAYS.IT'S UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW IF THATMOM LOOKED INSIDE THE HOBEFORE LEAVING.CYFD SAYS SHE'S NOT REQUIRED TDO SO, AND -->> IT IS NOT REQUIREMENT THAT ACYFD WORKER BE PRESENT FOR EVERYHANDOFF FROM ONE PARENT TO AFOSTER OVER -- PARENT.MEGAN: THEN, THE NEXT DAY,CROWNOVER TAKES ARIZA AND HERSIBLINGS TO VISIT THEIRBIOLOGICAL PARENTS, AT A LOSLUNAS FACILITY CALLED SMALLSTEPS VISITATION.ARIZA'S PARENTS BECOME CONCERNEDWHEN THEY CHANGED HER DIAPER.SWOLLEN FROM DIAPER RASH.AND WE HAD JUST SEEN THEMWEDNESDAY.THEY DIDN'T HAVE NONE OF THISWRONG WITH THEM.MEGAN: CYFD TONIGHT SAYS ANYONEWHO SUSPECTS CHILD ABUSE ORNEGLECT IS SUPPOSE TO REPORT ITTO THEM IMMEDIATELIT APPEARS -->> THE INFORMATION AT THIS POINTIS WE DID NOT RECEIVE A REPORTOF ANY CONCERNS FROM EITHER

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Not breathing, not moving, nothing!" said Stephanie Crowner, a temporary foster mother who was calling about Ariza Barreras, the 11-month-old she was caring for.

"What am I going to do?" asked Crownover.

"Just take a deep breath, OK?" said the operator. "I have them on the way."

But paramedics couldn't save Ariza. Crownover is now charged with child abuse. Deputies said her home was cold and filthy, and those conditions might have been deadly for the baby, who was already suffering from a respiratory infection.

On Friday, the Children, Youth and Families Department confirmed they're investigating possible missed opportunities that might have saved the girl's life.

For example, on Thursday, Dec. 28, according to court documents, Ariza's permanent foster mother dropped off Ariza and her siblings at Crownover's because she was leaving town for a few days.

It's unclear right now if that mother looked inside the home before leaving.

CYFD secretary Monique Jacobson said she's not required to do so, and said, "It's not a requirement that a CYFD worker be present for every handoff between one foster parent to another foster parent." The expectation is that either foster family would not leave the child in an unsafe situation.

Then, on Dec. 29, court documents detail, Crownover took Ariza and her siblings to visit their biological parents at a Los Lunas facility called Small Steps Visitation. Ariza's parents became concerned when they changed her diaper.

"Swollen from diaper rash! And we had just seen them on Wednesday and they didn't have none of this wrong with them," said Ariza's biological mother, Alicia Patterson.

Jacobson said anyone who suspects child abuse or neglect is supposed to report it to CYFD immediately.

It appears that didn't happen.

"The information I have at this point is that we did not receive a report of any concerns from either Small Steps or from the biological parents," said Jacobson.

CYFD last visited Crownover's home in early December, when she was temporarily fostering another child. The caseworker at that time did not raise any red flags.